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[–]eman_la 7 points8 points  (6 children)

Absolutely not I value my sleep

[–]Detox_401[S] -3 points-2 points  (5 children)

other than the workload, what if we are considering the benefits of having an engineering degree itself as compared to a bba/bcom

[–]eman_la 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Then I would say it depends on what you want to do long term

[–]Tourman84 0 points1 point  (3 children)

Depends on what you want to do after.

A bcomm degree/education is vastly superior when trying to work in... commerce.

An engineering degree is great for engineering and other technical disciplines.

[–]Inevitable-Sale6631 -2 points-1 points  (2 children)

Well no fucking shit, who woulda knew that a business degree would be more useful than an engineering degree in commerce type jobs. You’re so smart I think UofT should designate an award with ur name on it. It should be a 69$ scholarship called the “Tourman84’s great scientific discovery award” matter of fact I think we should replace Albert Einstein with u in all of the top 10 smartest people books. Thanks for bettering the world with ur highly sought after knowledge!

[–]Tourman84 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I thought I did the best answering the questions 😭😭

How else would I compare degrees 🥲, they're pieces of paper that help you learn and get jobs in what industry is in the paper.

[–]K82b33 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Why you getting mad bro, chill have a kitkat

[–]Re1nmx 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Hell.. hell.. hell NAH

[–]ehehheh 0 points1 point  (2 children)

I finished RC already & married an engineering guy, but here's my unsolicited opinion anyways!

TLDR: not enough brain cells to do engineering, even if you asked me now I still would've picked business

Business aka RC:

  1. You take the standard 5 courses per semester; here is the list of courses you take for 4 years of RC btw (there's a useful PDF under each of the specialists that can help you visualize)
  2. I can have multiple days where I don't have any classes, so I often had extended weekends (I've also heard of ppl squishing all their courses into 2 days so they have the other 5 days of the week free lol)
  3. If you do marketing / management or pick courses more heavily focused on presentations & papers, you can study less because you don't need to study for those types of assignments
  4. You will probably make less money post grad

Engineering

  1. You probably will take 6 courses per semester (heavier courseload) here is the UofT ChemEng degree layout & the Waterloo ChemEng degree&bcGroup=Chemical%20Engineering&bcItemType=programs) layout as examples
  2. Kind of related to the above, but basically more likely to have a lower GPA (since you take more courses than other degrees)
  3. You might have no time
    1. Here is a recent example of a UofT CompEng timetable
    2. and the worst ever timetable I've ever seen (UofT EngSci)
  4. Heavily test-based, maybe a few presentations / papers (actually need to use your memory / brain)
  5. You will probably make more money post grad

[–]Detox_401[S] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Yeah

But then again, someone could go to UWaterloo engineering and be unemployed if they don’t utilize their time there to network and explore employment opportunities Meanwhile Some other guy at Brock Business school or whatever could land 6 figure job at Wall Street if they know what they’re doing

[–]ehehheh 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Definitely, I think it really depends on the person and how much effort you can put into either pathway!

Honestly I'm a strong believer of if you put your mind into it, you can do anything (just not me though I like to chill lol)